BEIJING—The number of mobile-phone subscribers in China increased to 136 million in the first 10 months of the year. The country also has 175 million fixed-line subscribers.
China Mobile’s fixed-asset investment reached 55.5 billion yuan (US$6.7 billion), an increase of 54.2 percent compared with the same period last year. The China Unicom Group invested 42.5 billion yuan (US$5.1 billion), an increase of 11.8 percent.